Cornelio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kor-NEH-lyoh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Cornelio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “horn”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Cornelio mean?
Latin: Spanish and Italian form of Cornelius, a Roman family name
“horn”
In the Acts of the Apostles, the centurion Cornelius is the first Gentile convert, baptised by Peter.
Is Cornelio a girl's or a boy's name?
Cornelio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cornelio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Cornelio, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1989, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
2025 had more boys named Cornelio than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Cornelio in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cornelio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 28 | #1,667 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 19 | #1,702 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
Names like Cornelio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mario Julio Sergio Antonio Francisco Anthony Emilio Aurelio Christopher Lucio Ignacio Camilo
Names related to Cornelio
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cornelio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cornelio, updated 20 October 2026.